October 2019
Greetings!
Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to speak with a student caller during our Fall Tigers Phonathon. We’re grateful for the wonderful generosity of our alumni in support of student financial aid. If you receive a call, please use this opportunity to verify your contact information, learn about student life and campus happenings, and make a contribution to the Blue & White Fund . We also encourage you to submit an update to be featured in the Winter Magazine by phone or online via the Alumni Update Form . 

Thank you in advance for your support of our students!
HOMECOMING 2019

On behalf of the Homecoming Planning Committee, thank you to all of our alumni, families and friends who attended Homecoming on Saturday, October 5.

Be sure to visit the homecoming website to view, download and share all of the photos and video from the day and submit event feedback here .

And mark your calendars for Homecoming 2020, which will take place on Saturday, October 3!
ALUMNI QUIZZO

Only a few seats remain! Grab your friends and test your trivia skills next Friday, November 1, at Alumni Quizzo Nigh t at Maggie's on the Waterfront.

In addition to multiple Quizzo rounds with cash prizes, there wlll be raffle baskets, a 50/50 & Grand Prize Raffles for Eagles Tickets and a "Mixed Green" basket of cash and scratch off lottery tickets! Proceeds benefit Alumni Association Scholarship.
HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY RECEIVES $2 MILLION GRANT

Holy Family University has been awarded a highly-competitive Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant, awarded every two years, is the only one given to a Philadelphia-based institution this year, and it will fund the creation of a new Center for Teaching and Learning.

“This is a game-changer for the University,” said University President, Sister Maureen McGarrity, CSFN . “We qualified to apply for it because of the number of Pell grant recipients we have here, and it’s heartwarming to be able to say that we’ll use those funds to create a center which will not only add to overall academic life on campus, but focus specifically on those most at risk in terms of academic performance.”

Read more about this exciting news on Holy Family's website , in the Philadelphia Inquirer , and in the Northeast Times .
CAMPUS NEWS


  • Holy Family students give back to the local and global neighbors (pictured above)
  • Holy Family University students, faculty and staff members (along with support from Nazareth Academy Grade School), raised over $3,000 for Catholic Relief Services to help those impacted by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.

  • On October 15, students from the School of Nursing conducted the first health information session at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Parish, Church of the Holy Child in North Philadelphia. The sessions are part of an ongoing service partnership together with the Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees (PCMR) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

  • On October 20, Father Mac and members of Campus Ministry participated in the annual Buddy “Challenge to the Top” trip at Bear Mountain. Students who attended climbed the entire side of the mountain and celebrated Mass together.

  • Two upcoming FREE presentations from the School of Arts & Sciences:
  • Raquel Salas Rivera, Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate and award-winning poet and author, will be the inaugural speaker for Holy Family University’s Distinguished Writers Series on Monday, October 28 at 6:30 pm in the University’s Education & Technology Center’s (ETC) Auditorium, a free event open to the public. Read more and reserve your seat here.

  • The Glen Foerd-Holy Family University Speaker Series will welcome Kathy Peiss, the Nichols Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania, to the ETC Auditorium on Thursday, November 14 at 7:00 pm. Peiss will speak about on her book, Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe. This free event is open to the public. Read more about the speaker and the event here.

NEW ALUMNI BENEFIT: NORTHEAST CYCLE DISCOUNT

Holy Family's Alumni Office is pleased to announce a new partnership with Northeast Cycle, an indoor cycling studio, which is located in Morrell Plaza (9910 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia PA 19114).

All Holy Family alumni can enjoy their first class for FREE and a 10% discount by using the code “HFUALUMNI” when booking online at northeastcycle215.com or via the MindBody app .

Special thanks to Northeast Cycle owner, Dana Dobrowolski ’10, for this special deal! 
DECK THE HALLS AND
CHRISTMAS ROSE EVENTS

All alumni are invited to help our HFU elves "Deck the Halls" and decorate the Campus Center for the Holiday season on Monday, November 18 from 5 PM - 9 PM .

Save the Date for Christmas Rose on Friday, December 6 ! Tickets will be available in November.

For more information about either event, contact the Alumni Office at  267-341-5017  or by email at  alumni@holyfamily.edu .
ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME

Congratulations to our 2019 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees!

Catherine Carr '11
Mike McLaughlin
Allison Maddock '01
Melissa Murphy '03
Dan Williams

All alumni are invited to celebrate their achievements on Saturday, December 21 at the afternoon basketball games on campus and at the Induction Ceremony at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Northeast. Tickets cost $65 per person and can be purchased online from the Athletics Website .
REUNION 2020

All alumni are invited to celebrate the 2020 Reunion Classes (those classes ending in "0" and "5"), the Golden Alumni Society (Classes of 1958-1969), the Class of 2019 and the 2020 Alumni Achievement Award Winners.

To volunteer as a Class Rep, please contact the Alumni Office at  267-341-5017  or by email at  alumni@holyfamily.edu .
Your generosity and support of the Blue & White Fund, Holy Family's Annual Fund, directly impacts the lives of our students. Make your gift today!